Secondary School Principals’ Leadership Behavioral Characteristics that Inspire Teachers’ Gratitude in Taiwan

Abstract

This study mainly explored and realized five principals’ leadership behavioral characteristics
could possibly inspire teachers’ gratitude, so as to help principals on contributing efforts to
schools affairs. By sampling 35 of 360 secondary school teachers at south of Taiwan, and
interviewed those 35 teachers who accepted the invitation of interview. Results summarized
their stories and experiences shown that five principals’ leadership behavioral characteristics
are 1. The principals help teachers by contribute efforts or prices 2. The helps by the principal
is valuable to teachers 3. The helps by the principal is based on the goodwill 4. The helps by
the principal is beyond teachers’ expectations and 5. The principals don’t expect return favors
for helps. The result approached goals for principals to inspire teachers’gratitude and promoting
the school affairs.